Day: October 1, 2018

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Cern, based in Switzerland, is one of the world’s largest centres for scientific research A senior scientist who said physics “was invented and built by men” has been suspended with immediate effect from working with Cern. Prof Alessandro Strumia, of Pisa University, made the comments during a presentation organised…

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption”I like beer”: Kavanaugh defends his high school drinking during testimony A classmate of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has accused the judge of lying under oath about “heavy” alcoholic drinking. Charles Ludington said he was “deeply troubled” by Mr Kavanaugh’s “blatant mischaracterisation”. The judge denies drinking…

Image copyright Getty Images French singer and songwriter Charles Aznavour has died at 94 after a career lasting more than 80 years, a spokesman has confirmed. The star died at one of his homes in the south east of France. The performer, born to Armenian immigrants, sold more than 180 million records and featured in…

Image copyright SPL Two scientists who discovered how to fight cancer using the body’s immune system have won the 2018 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine. The work, by Professor James P Allison from the US and Professor Tasuku Honjo from Japan, has led to treatments for advanced, deadly skin cancer. Immune checkpoint therapy has…

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionTsunami survivor: “I was hugging my wife, but when the wave came… I immediately lost her”Volunteers have begun burying victims of Indonesia’s deadly earthquake and tsunami in a mass grave. Friday’s disaster devastated swathes of the eastern Sulawesi island and has left at least 844 people dead.…

Image copyright BBC Marathi The discovery of rock carvings believed to be tens of thousands of years old in India’s western state of Maharashtra has greatly excited archaeologists who believe they hold clues to a previously unknown civilisation, BBC Marathi’s Mayuresh Konnur reports. The rock carvings – known as petroglyphs – have been discovered in…

Image copyright Getty Images / NBC Image caption Lana Del Rey responded to Kanye West on Instagram following his SNL appearance Lana Del Rey has criticised Kanye West for his support of Donald Trump. The singer, who performed at West’s wedding to Kim Kardashian in 2014, described his endorsement of the US president as “a…

It’s Monday, it’s a new week, and while we won’t pretend we know everything that’s going to happen over the next seven days, we have some sense of what’s coming up. Here’s your briefing on some of the most important and interesting stories happening in the week ahead. 1) Brazil decides What’s happening? The world’s…

It’s Monday, it’s a new week, and while we won’t pretend we know everything that’s going to happen over the next seven days, we have some sense of what’s coming up. Here’s your briefing on some of the most important and interesting stories happening in the week ahead. 1) Brazil decides What’s happening? The world’s…